Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-24

A scAFFoLD at the power-hour q of the
Pittsburgh (Pa.) Traction railw ay fell ON
the 18th. Four men were thrown to the
ground, a distance of abC>o thirty feet,
and two of them, j. Byron and James Og-
den, were fatally crushed. The others,
j. Conrad and F. Zimmerman, sustained
painful cuts and bruises.
1T seems that the parcels post feature in
the new postal convention between this
country and Mexico is working so much
to the satisfaction of the Mexican people
that they are very anxious for a consid-
cradle extension of its facilities.
The Royal Clyde Yacht Club will with
draw its challenge to compete for the
Americas cup on the ground that the
conditions, as changed by the New York
Yacht Club. are unjust and unsportsman-
| like.
THE Gar of Russia arrived at Berlin on
the 18th, and was appropriately received.
LORD LYTToN has been elected lord
rector of Glasgow (Scotland) University.
| GENERAL ARMSTRONG says Sitting Bull
| caused all the trouble with the Crows.
A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at Ludlow,
KY, near Cincinnati, on the 18th, the loss
amounting to $l75, ZOO.
THE NJ. E. Church Extenson Society was
in session in Philadelphia on the 18th,
| Bishop Bowman presiding.
| Mr.. PARNELL has decided to make no
speeches during the recess of Parlia-
| ment.
LETTERS have come to light showing
conclusivelv that Captain Mills, the De-
troit .(Mich.) tug-master, first murdered
| Mrs. Rising and then shot himself.
| THE increase in the number of pieces of
mail handled by the postal clerks during
| the last fiscal year over the preceding
| year was 505, 100000.
ATTORNEYS consulted are of the opinion
| that DIR. Richmond, who escaped from
the st. Joe (Mo.) asylum can not be taken
back there after getting beyond the State
| line.
| A VIGOROUS boycott has been instituted
against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany by all the local assemblies of the
Knights of Labor in the Lehigh and
| Schuylkill Pa.) anthracite regions.
THE office of the first assistant Secre-
| tary of State has been rendered by Secre-
! tary Bayard to G. 7. Rives, of the New
| York bar, and accepted. Mr.. Rives is of
a Virginia family. His grandfather was
| a Senator from Virginia and twice Amer
| lean Minister at Paris.
| JOHN J. BREsLIN, the well-known Irish
patriot, died at New York, ON the 18th. of
| disease of the liver.
NEARLY complete returns of the g. A.
r. vote on the proposed dependent pen
sion bill have been received at the National
G. A. r. headquarters in Minneapolis, and
it is practically unanimous in favor of the
bill.
| THE general term of the Supreme Court
at New York, ON the 18th, refused to adj
nit Hong Yen Chang, a young Chinaman,
| as a member of the bar, he having passed
an examination. His application was de-
MED on the ground that he was not a citi-
zen.
THE Milwaukee Owls. )maltsters' strike Is
! likely to assume larger proportions. The
brewers have decided not to handle malt
made by non-union workmen, and as three
| brewing establishments have declined to
yield to this stipulation, strike of brew
ers employed in them is looked for.
A SHOOTING ARRAY occurred in saloon
at Glenwood Springs, Col, on the 18th,
| between Frank Smith and Charles Baker,
gamblers. Smith will die. During the
shooting bystander named James Mat
| tison was instantly killed by stray bull
let. Baker is in jail.
AT London the troops have been sup
piled with buckshot from Woolwich
arsenal and are prepared for any emer-
gency that may arise resulting from at
temptS to hold meetings In trafalgar
Square.
FULL returns of the recent election in
| Virginia for members of the General AS
sembly show that the complexion of the
new body will be as follows: Senate:
| Democrats, IS; Republicans, IA. House:
Democrats, 81; Republicans, SO; Indepen-
! dent, 1. Democratic majority on joint
| ballot "a.
FRESH alarm has been caused by the
! announcement that the German Crown
Princes malady is undoubtedly soft can
Ger, and that the pus discharged contains
cancer cells of the very worst kind. If the
tumor continues to discharge a large
| quantity of matter it's growth may be
retarded, but the worst fears are enter
| tanned.
| AN engine and one coach jumped the
| track on the South branch of the Vandalia
railroad near Brazil, Ind, on the 18th.
The passengers barely escaped before the
coach was consumed by fire. Engin
Yetton was killed and Brakeman Robert
son seriously injured. The road is operat
! ed by the Evansville & indianapolis Com
pany.